Sam Bockarie

Sam "Mosquito" Bockarie (2 October 1964-5 May 2003) was commander of the Revolutionary United Front from 2000 to 2003 during the Ivorian Civil War.

Biography
Sam Bockarie was born on 2 October 1964 in Koidu Town, Cote d'Ivoire, the son of a diamond miner. In 1985 he became a professional disco dancer after leaving his own diamond mining career, and he worked as a barber, electrician, and waiter in Abidjan. Bockarie was influenced by the National Patriotic Front of Liberia's 1989 invasion of Liberia from Cote d'Ivoire and sought to take action in Cote d'Ivoire, and he was one of the founders of the Revolutionary United Front group. In 2003, he was indicted for crimes against humanity, with blood diamonds being sold by Ivorian re bes during the Ivorian Civil War. On 5 May 2003, he was killed in action in a shootout with Liberian Army troops sent by Charles Taylor after the UN demanded his arrest.